Senjecas - Book II, Chapter 60

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प)								nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
p	b	f	v	m̃	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			ṡ	ż	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ƣ	h	ȝ			š	s̨			i	e	a	ɔ	o	u			ı	ɛ	y
प	ब	फ	भ	म़	म			त	द	थ	ध	ल़	ल			च	ज	स	स़	र	न			क	ग	क़	ग़	ह	य			स्व	स्य			इ ई पि पी	ए एै पे पै	अ आ प पा	ऒ ॵ पॊ पॏ	ओ औ पो पौ	उ ऊ पु पू			पं	पऺ	पॅ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

Glossing abbreviations

1s/p = 1st person singular/plural	ABL = ablative suffix	COL = collective	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	REV = reversive	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	Q = interrogative particle	YNG = young
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SBJ = subjunctive

Text

atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e siia̋mɫo – Tao Te Ching
The Book of the Way and the Power
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin

Chapter Two – saaðfőőto þı̋ro

• English text
• Senjecan translation

Gloss

• Rule a big country the way you cook a small fish.
• me̋ża me̋xam zile̋ȝa épi tu pı̋ne d̨a̋gem dűƣa:

me̋ża-Ø	me̋x-am	zil-e̋ȝa	épi	t-u	pı̋ne-Ø	d̨a̋g-em	dűƣ-a
great-ABS	country-A.s	rule-SBJ	as	2s-N	small-ABS	fish-A.s	cook-IND

• If you keep control by following the Way, troubled spirits won't act up.
• ébi tu a̋tom da̋gu kía dőmram ðere̋ȝa. toári ga̋a̋su űűnus u-dustı̋na ne:

ébi	t-u	a̋t-om	da̋g-u	kía	dőmr-am	ðer-e̋ȝa	toári	ga̋a̋su-Ø	űűn-us	u=dus=tı̋n-a	ne
if	2s-N	way-A.s	follow-SUP	by	control-A.s	keep-SBJ	then	troubled-Ø	spirit-N.p	FUT=mis=behave-IND	not

• They won't lose their immaterial strength, but they won't harm people with it, nor will wise souls come to harm.
• alm̃e̋ka eȝu-m̃a̋ltam u-ha̋ȝa ne. de éȝam xéma leuðum u-ðevı̋d̨a ne. ném̃o sa̋a̋ṡu űűnus ðevı̋d̨aþus u-ı̋la:

al=m̃e̋ka-Ø	eȝu=m̃a̋lt-am	u=ha̋ȝ-a	ne	de	éȝ-am	xéma	leuð-um	u=ðev-ı̋d̨-a	ne
PRV=material-ABS	their=strength-A.s	FUT=find-IND	not	but	3-A.s	with	people-A.s	FUT=harm-TRZ-IN	not

né-m̃o	sa̋a̋ṡu-Ø	űűn-us	ðev-ı̋d̨-a-þ-us	u=ı̋l-a
not-or	wise-ABS	spirit-N.p	harm-TRZ-IND-PP-N.p	FUT=become-IND

• And so, neither harming the other, these powers will come together in unity.
• da ítu nek̬enús ánum ðevid̨antús i-m̃a̋kas þunta̋s éna u-műþa⁝

da	ítu	nek̬en-ús	án-um	ðev-id̨-a-nt-ús	i=m̃a̋k-as	þunt-a̋s	éna	u=műþ-a
and	so	neither-G.s	other-A.s	harm-TRZ-IND-AP-G.s	this=power-N.p	unity-G.s	in	FUT=come_together-IND